''Carex oshimensis'', the Japanese sedge (a name it shares with '' Carex morrowii''), is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''

Carex ''Carex'' is a vast genus of over 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family (biology), family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of ge ...

'', native to Japan. With its striped foliage, it is widely used as a nonspreading ground cover. Its cultivar 'Evergold' has gained the

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. Growing to tall and broad, it has a broad yellow stripe down the centre of each leaf. It is an easy subject for moist soils in sun or partial shade.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15578514 oshimensis Ornamental grass Endemic flora of Japan Plants described in 1914